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HAY ELBVATOR.

No. 308,848. Patented Dec. 2, 1884.

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JACOB NEY, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO `THE NEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, SAME -PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,848, dated December 2,1884. Application filed September 12, 1884. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB NEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Elevators; and Ido hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,

and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure l is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is adetached view of the frame to which `the traveling wheels are attached. Fig. 3 is a detached View ofthe frame carrying the locking devices.

Fig. l is a top view. Fig. 5 isv a detached view of arch. Fig. 6 isa sectional view showing the diiferent parts in proper position for locking the frame or carriage to the arch.

Fig. 7 is asectional view showing the position ofthe locking devices when the load is elevated and the frame or carriage ready to be released frointhe arch. Fig. S is a sectionalview showing the load locked and the frame or carriage removed from the arch. Fig. 9 is a detached view of the sliding bar. Fig. 10

is a detached'view of the locking-dog. Fig.

ll is a` detached view-of the locking and releasing lever, and Fig. 12 is a detached view 3C of the detent.

rIhis invention relates to the controlling of the carriage and the operating of the elevating-head in that class of elevators in which the load is elevated, by means of a head or block 3 5 operated by a rope and pulleys, to a carriage or frame which travels back and forth on an` elevated track and carries the load held by the head to any desired point within the limits of the track; and it has for its objects to simul- 40 taneously lock the elevating-headand release the carriage when the load has been elevated; and to simultaneously release the elevatinghead and lock the carriage when it is returned after the load has been deposited, both of which operations are performed automaticall .y

Ilo prevent any accidental movement ofthe devices by which the locking and releasing are obtained, and to guide and operate the elevating-hcad so as to insure its engagement with the locking devices, a bell-shaped guide is located on the frame or carriage, as shown in the drawings; and it consists in the combination of parts hereinafter described, and

pointed out in the claims.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iigures in the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, A repre-` sents the track, which may be of any desired -6o form, and is supported at the required height by posts, standards, or other frame-work in` the saine manner as other tracks for hay-elevators of this description. The frame B is substantially of the forni shown in the drawings, which is provided with an opening having grooves in its sides to receive the sliding detent L, and having arms a, to which are attached in the ordinary manner the traveling wheels b. The bottom or lower portion of this frame B is also formed with a groove, so as to receive and hold the frame C, and at the saine time permit said frame C to revolve in the frame B, thereby forming a reversible or swiveled support for connecting the rope-pulley and rope to the carriage proper, whereby the frame carrying the locking` devices may be reversed by the swaying of the rope and without the necessity of ascending to the carriage or frame, so that Iam enabled to deliver the load upon either sideof the wagon.

To the under side of the reversible frame C is located the bell-shaped guide D at a point on said frame C so that the central opening will be immediately beneath the pivoted locking-dog ci'. The reversible frame C is made in two pieces or halves, and provided with bellshaped guide D and end supports securely held together by means of suitable clamping bolts or rivets, to which the rope-connection and rope-pulley are secured.

The locking-dog d is of the form shown in Fig. 10, and is pivoted to the frame C, as shown in the drawings, and is for the purpose hereinafter described.

The locking and releasing lever E is substantially of the forni shown in Fig. l1, and is pivoted t0 the frame C, as shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8, and is provided with the arms orprojections c F, the latter of which enters the roo opening G in the sliding bar I-I, as seen in Figs. 6, 7, and 8, said sliding bar being substantially of the form shown in Fig. 9.-

The operation of my invention is as follows: The elevating-head I is raised by means ofthe hoisting-rope J in the ordinary manner, when the pin or point K of the head is guided by means ofthe pendent bell-shaped guide D to the upper part of said guide, and as the elevating-head ascends the top or upper end of the pin or point K strikes the under side of the locking-dog d, when said locking-dog is raised and engages the arm c on the locking and releasing lever E, thereby throwing the locking and releasing lever E through the pin 0r point K, and at the same time forcing the sliding bar Hin the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 7, at the same time permitting the detent L to enter the opening M in the sliding bar I-I, thereby firmly locking the different parts in thc position shown in Fig. 8. Upon the return of the carriage or frame the head N enters the groove O in the arch P and raises the detent L out of the opening M, thereby releasing the elevating-head I and permitting the locking-dog Z and the lever E to fall, as seen in Fig. 6. To prevent the detent Lbinding, I provide the top Wall of the arch P with a straight or horizontal surface on its inner side, as shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8.

straight surface, the slide II, the frame B, and

the frame C, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the frame O with the frame B, the lever E, dog d, and slide H, with the detent L and arch I?, constructed and operating substantially as set forth.

4. The frame C, having end supports, and the guide-mouth D, with the traveling frame B, arch or cani block I), detent L, slide H, levcr E, dog d, head I, having the pin or point K, and rope J, all constructed and operating substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above.I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JACOB NEY.

Vi tnesses:

THEO. It. BALLARD, FRED YV. BOND. 

